Feb 14, 2024     starting again Category: Thoughts....

So finally am going again. A long delay and then additional delay since my wife wanted to park in the garage at the new house. So we built a carriage house with a 2.5 car garage that's my new workshop. :) Wow, just checked the log, 3 years.... :(

Back on the roll...

  Sep 05, 2022     moved Category: Thoughts....

OK, finished the move, should see progress again shortly.

  Jul 01, 2022     ...and then we decided to move Category: Thoughts....

After building the garage, We decided to sell our company and chill for a while. And move... Just across town, but it seems like I'm starting over again.

6 months later, and just getting back to it.

  Mar 01, 2022     Garage is done! Category: Thoughts....

Finally done. Now to get organized and back on track....

  Dec 01, 2021     Garage update Category: Thoughts....

Garage is going to be nice, but supply chain drama is killing us. Garage door and windows are the last parts. Windows are not stopping things but the garage door is. After 15 weeks the door arrived...broken... They are trying to find repair panels, if not we'll need a new one, potentially another 15 weeks. Gurrrr....

  Oct 06, 2021     delay Category: Thoughts....

FWIW, long delay. Need space so we're adding a garage to our current house. Going from 2 to 3 car garage. It's gonna be great...but... construction of the garage caused a hard stop on the plane. Should be going again in Nov....

  Mar 07, 2021     reading is fundemental Category: Thoughts....

The old school mantra is measure twice, cut once.

An OK thought but incomplete. I realized most of my mistakes are reading the plans too fast, thinking I understand when I really don't.

My new Mantra "Read 3 times, measure twice, and cut once".

  Nov 15, 2020     Stickers Category: Thoughts....

The Kit parts are very well organized and clearly labeled. But the stickers were glued to the parts by the devil himself. "Goof-off" to get most of it off and acetone for clean-up and lots of elbow grease is the only thing I've found that works. Surely there must be a better way...

  Nov 10, 2020     EAA benches... Category: Thoughts....

...really are as good as people say.

  Nov 10, 2020     Rivets & Holes Category: Thoughts....

People keep telling me not to worry too much about making a mistake on a rivet. You can just drill it out and fix it.

OK, when I made my first mistake I found out it actually was as easy as they said.

But my actual mistake was putting the hole in the wrong place. It's hard to repair a hole. I had to order a new doubler and start over. Fortunately Zenith is kind and it was less than $10 and a week, so I learned an easy lesson.

  Nov 10, 2020     A new category - Thoughts Category: Thoughts....

So I thought I'd create a place for my random thoughts...